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Friday, March 6, 2009

Macro - it's not all about magnification!

Since adding the MP-E65 into my arsenal, I've been pampered with the flexibility of going from 1x to 5x at just a twist of the barrel. How sweet is that?

Let's face it, most viewers are into magnification more than anything else. As long as the subject is huge in the frame, in-your-face, they'll be wowed, regardless if the image was properly composed, exposed etc.

My all time highest viewed image on my Flickr is this jumper. No prize for guessing it was shot with the MP-E65

I do like that one, but there are many more smaller than life-size images that I adore too. In fact, most of the macro shots I like are those with less than 1X magnification.

A giant tropical ant (Camponotus Gigas) being attacked by a phoridae (parasitoid fly). For more info, click here.

A hoverfly perching on a stem

A lovely looking yellow ladybird

Another lovely ladybird. If it looks familiar to you, it's because it's on some Rapid Buses, LRT and monorail :)

Why am I showing you these? I am telling you macro needs not to be all about magnification, although it can be used as another compositional tool. So pick up your 1X macro lens and go shoot something now!